announcer: house intelligence committee chair adam schiff gave an update earlier on the impeachment inquiry. he tweeted, next week, the house intelligence committee will hold open hearings as part of the impeachment inquiry. on wednesday, november 13, 2019, we will hear from william taylor and george kent. on friday, november 15, 2019, we will hear from marie yovanovitch. more to come. he also spoke to reporters. schiff: goode

morning. we are in the middle of a deposition involving ambassador official atcareer the state department, so i am going to have to keep this brief. first of all, i want to thank ambassador hale for being here, for obeying the law, for following the law for the subpoena that we issued. show thethers would same courage and dedication to the law that ambassador haley is demonstrating here today. as you knowo know already that we will begin open hearings into the impeachment inquiry next week. we will begin with the testimony of ambassador taylor and ambassador kent on wednesday, and we will have ambassador jovanovich testified. will have many others. the most important facts are

largely not contested. we have been and appreciating -- have been gaining an increasing appreciation for the degree to which the president enlisted the whole department of -- enlisted whole departments of government in trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on the political opponent as well as further a conspiracy theory about the 2016 election that he believed would be beneficial to his reelection campaign. those open hearings will be an opportunity for the american people to evaluate the witnesses for themselves, make their own determination about the credibility of the witnesses, but also learn firsthand about s of the presidents misconduct. along those lines, today we will be releasing the transcript from an acid or taylor. people will have the opera -- from ambassador taylor. people will have the opportunity to read that as well. locked outims to be

from participating, unable to ask questions. --se claims are simile false simply false. in every deposition, republican members have had equal opportunity to ask as many questions as they would like. in the you will see transcripts what a dedicated public servant ambassador taylor graduated from west point, served in vietnam, and is performing another vital service for the country in relating the facts that came to his attention, the very concerning facts that came to his attention. we move forward with the open phase of the inquiry. we still have remaining depositions to do which we will be conducting over the next couple of days, and with that, we are going to head back. thank you.

announcer: house intelligence committee chair adam schiff who is leading the impeachment inquiry saying that the first public hearing will take place november 13. we will carry that lie for you on c-span3 starting at 10 a.m. eastern -- carry that live for you on c-span3 starting at 10 a.m. o at c-span.org, we are making it easier for you to watch coverage of the impeachment inquiry and the administration's response. go to our impeachment inquiry page at c-span. org/impeachment for video on demand. we have added a tally from the associated press showing where .ouse democrats and on -- stand

follow the impeachment inquiry on our webpage, c-span.org/impeachment. it's your way to watch unfiltered coverage at any time. this afternoon, president trump will talk about his judicial nominations and the confirmation process. that will be live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we will have it for you here on c-span. you can also watch on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. sunday night on book tv at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterward, former speaker of the house newt gingrich with his latest book trump versus china. >> i don't think the chinese have any great planning in the next 20-25 years to take us on militarily in the conventional sense, but i do think they are trying to grow cyber capabilities and this is why

huawei is an extraordinary national asset for them. i think they are trying to build capabilities in space, both of which have global indications -- implications. announcer: then a university professor talks about her new book, diversity inc.. >> what i am not optimistic white america's ability ofsee past the fiction african-americans, of latinx people, the centuries old andaning images of people, how that has as much to do with the lack of diversity. announcer: watch book tv every weekend on c-span two. the chair of the democratic party, tom perez, discussed the 2020 campaign and election results from